Jabez
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Jabez is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Jabez mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jabez a girl's or a boy's name?
Jabez is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jabez in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jabez in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jabez in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Jabez in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Jabez, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 102 boys.
2025 had more boys named Jabez than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Jabez in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jabez in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 45 | #2,662 |
| 2010 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 2009 | 42 | #2,846 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 45 | #2,684 |
| 2006 | 41 | #2,783 |
| 2005 | 60 | #2,057 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,047 |
| 2003 | 72 | #1,699 |
| 2002 | 102 | #1,302 |
| 2001 | 90 | #1,386 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Names like Jabez
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Hamza, Ibrahim, Muhammad, Ahmed, Abdullah, Umar, Syed, Uzair, Hassan, Mustafa, Zakariya
Names related to Jabez
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jabez: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jabez, updated 20 October 2026.